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Waiting time

發佈時間: 2023/08/23

Waiting time

香港公營醫療服務一流,但是不少部門的輪候時間(waiting time)常遭人詬病。市民可以出一分力,幫助減少輪候時間,例如不是危急情況,可選擇到公立或私家診所求醫,而非急症室。

動詞wait解「等待」,讓時間流逝,沒有做太多事情,直到期待的事情發生,或者直到你可以做某事情。要描述等待甚麼,可以用wait for someone/something。例句︰I am waiting for my daughter.(我在等待我的女兒。)

There is a long queue of people waiting for a table.(有一條長隊在等待餐枱。)

也可以說wait for someone/something to do something,例如︰I was waiting for him to say something first.(我在等他先開口。)

The acting was so bad that he couldn't even wait for the movie to end.(演技太糟糕了,他甚至等不及電影結束。)

想說明等待了多久或者等待至何時,可以分別用wait for(time)和wait until(time)。例句︰Patients will normally need to wait for five to seven months.(患者通常需要等待5到7個月。)

The kid waited quietly until his mother came.(那孩子靜靜地等待着媽媽來到。)

(本欄逢周三、五刊登)

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